SANDPLAY SITTINGS STUDY GROUP
March 18, 2017 Lakeland, FL
The Hero’s Journey: Use of fairy tales in Sandplay Therapy
TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Registration is at 9:30 a.m.)
WHERE: Rankin Home, 2659 Handley Blvd., Lakeland, FL
COST: $110. (Registered Interns & Students: $85.) Please bring a sack lunch!
Sponsored by: Florida Sandplay Therapists Association (FSTA)
Five STA workshop are hours available.
Presentation of theory and case material
Olga will present theoretical material related to the Hero’s Journey based on Neumann’s perspective on the developmental stages and the “devouring” quality of the past developmental stages. We’ll explore his diagram of the developmental stages. Further we’ll explore symbols expressing their “devouring” quality, one of which is a dragon, accompanied by their representations in art. The heroic fight with a dragon will be placed in the context of the Hero’s Journey. Then Olga will present case material from a man with immigrant background. Representations of fairy tales which he created in his sandplay process reflected his personal mythology and battles he had to fight.
Objectives
Define Neumann’s perspective on the developmental stages
Define the “devouring” quality of the past developmental stages and their possible symbolic representations
Discuss the cyclical stages of the archetypal hero’s journey
Explore case material and the contents of the fairy tales represented by the client through sandplay
Olga’s article accompanying her presentation is found in the recent Journal of Sandplay Therapy Vol. 25, Number 2, 2016 (it has an orange cover): Healing spirit, body and mind disjoined by immigration through Sandplay Therapy (p. 103-127).
To save your seat at Sittings, please reply to Christine Bergman at cbathebeach@aol.com.
Since 2002 Olga worked as a psychotherapist, Art therapist, and Sandplay therapist in the community and in private practice in Montreal, Quebec, and regularly presented at National and International conferences. She became CAST/ISST certified member in 2010. After completing her PhD with a focus in Sandplay Therapy Olga moved her practice to Guelph, Ontario in 2014. She joined the Board of the Canadian Association for Sandplay Therapy (CAST) and is now serving as the President of CAST. Olga Lipadatova, PhD, CRPO Registered Psychotherapist, CAST/ISST certified, teacher/supervisor, ATR-BC, RCAT, CCC
Location: 2659 Handley Blvd, Lakeland, FL